The act of keeping your body fit does not necessarily have to be a solitary task. In fact, it can be way more beneficial when you team up & start working out with your friends. Following are some of the benefits that are associated with working out in the company of other people.
Scheming Fitness to be more Responsible – Sometimes, the act of getting to the gym may prove to be the hardest part of working out. The idea of someone meeting you at the gym & working out with you can be a big motivator & this isn’t a mere placebo, this is a fact which has scientific evidence to back it up. A study conducted yielded results that showed exercising with a partner yields to working out more often. On top of that, you will have to schedule the appointments beforehand to meet the other people, so it will on your calendar, further imbibing the act of staying fit in your lifestyle.
Breaking Boundaries – Whether or not you consider yourself a competitive person, working out in a group can bring out our ambitious nature. A study conducted in the Michigan State University tested out three situations: the first subject worked out alone, the second subject worked out with a partner & the third subject worked out with a virtual partner,i.e, people working out on video, but apparently outrunning their real-life equivalent.
During each of the workout sessions, the group with the virtual partner outlived the group with the real partner by an average of about two minutes & the subject without the partner by ten minutes.
Keeping things Engaging – There was another study conducted which focused on the effect of exercising in groups, especially exercising in synchronization with others, on social connections, tolerance of pain & overall athletic performance. The subjects were given the task of rowing on the rowing machine, either alone or in groups. The participants who were in groups & moved in synchronization yielded higher pain threshold when compared to the participants who rowed solo.
